Colorado State men's basketball team slated to play 11 non-conference home games

Aug. 13, 2013

CSU students cheer on the Rams' men's basketball team as they play against the University of New Mexico at Moby Arena om Saturday Feb. 23, 2013. CSU will play 11 nonconference home games this season. / Sam Noblett/The Coloradoan

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Womenís hoops schedule includes tournament in Hawaii

The CSU women's basketball team has an early-season home game against the University of Colorado and will travel to Hawaii for three games over the Thanksgiving Day weekend. Those were some of the highlights of the 11-game non-conference schedule released Tuesday by Colorado State University. The Rams, with three starters back from last year's 11-19 team, will open the season with home exhibition games Oct. 28 against the Colorado School of Mines and Nov. 1 against Black Hills State. The regular-season opener is Nov. 8 at home against CU-Colorado Springs. Second-year coach Ryun Williams' Rams also will play home games Nov. 12 against CU, Nov. 16 against Drake, Dec. 5 vs. Loyola Marymount, Dec. 14 against South Dakota Mines and Dec. 22 vs. Weber State. ó Kelly Lyell, The Coloradoan

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CSU released its 2013-14 menís basketball non-conference schedule Tuesday and the Rams will be playing a lot of home games inside Moby Arena this fall.

Of 13 regular season non-conference match-ups, only two are on the road ó at Gonzaga at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11, as part of ESPNís 24-Hour Hoops Marathon, and at UTEP on Nov. 19.

The season tips off with an exhibition game against Regis on Nov. 2, followed by the true home-opener Nov. 8 against Colorado-Colorado Springs.

Arguably the Ramsí toughest stretch will come Nov. 22-30 when they host the Colorado State Challenge at Moby Arena, playing Northern Colorado, Prairie View A&M, Bethune-Cookman and New Mexico State.

NMSU won the Western Athletic Conference last season before losing to Saint Louis in the NCAA Tournamentís round of 64.

In-state rival Colorado visits CSU on Dec. 3 as the Rams try to make it three wins in a row over the Buffaloes at home. The calendar year wraps up with Southwestern Oklahoma State, Denver, Illinois-Chicago and Lamar.

Weber State is also on the schedule at Nov. 16.

Three of the Ramsí non-conference opponents made the NCAA tournament in March ó CU, NMSU and Gonzaga ó with the Bulldogs earning a No. 1 seed.